> 
> Actually NDMP backups are nothing more than dumps, albeit BSD style
> dumps, so you can definitely restore to a Unix box; no NDMP required.
> To do this requires some manual processes but it can be done.

That is dependent completely on the client, not on NDMP.

The data format can be anything.  It happens that NetApp filers use a
dump-compatible format, but that is not specified.

> I have done it many times myself on Solaris, both from NBU backups as
> well as BudTool. 

Are you able to use NBU to do the restore, or are you just reading the
tape directly?

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